Shopify Questions for New Users

I've browsed various tutorial videos and spent a few hours messing with free themes available on Shopify. Many of them don't quite seem to have ability to do what I want to do.

Most of the tutorials videos starting from scratch aren't that good. They move quickly and don't explain how to actually do anything to properly use the tools in depth.

So for my questions:

1) Does anyone have links or videos to excellent starting from scratch Shopify store and theme building tutorials? I'm focusing on a niche within in clothing to narrow it down some. Any tips within that niche or which theme is better for those products.

I want to list about 30 products and around 4 different categories of items before I launch.

2) What are your opinions on outsourcing the website building to someone on Fivver? I checked reviews and a lot of them appear to do excellent work. I have a clear vision I'd be able to dictate well over voice or video chat. It seems many have expensive themes they will use to create the page. In some cases what it costs to buy a theme is nearly what many of them are charging. $300-$500.

3) Anyone here have experience with USA Drop? I don't see any other way to do drop shipping in 2023 when people see items are coming from China and the shipping is nearly 4 weeks. That just won't fly. You need shipping times no more than about a 7 days.

Thanks in advance. Any information is appreciated.

PovertyStricken369 said:

1) Does anyone have links or videos to excellent starting from scratch Shopify store and theme building tutorials? I'm focusing on a niche within in clothing to narrow it down some. Any tips within that niche or which theme is better for those products.

I want to list about 30 products and around 4 different categories of items before I launch.

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Shopify is very straightforward. It's really a drag-and-drop builder where you can add/remove sections as you please.. You don't need to add any code yourself and there's nothing that complicated, but if you start out, it will take you days to figure it out, I guess.

PovertyStricken369 said:

2) What are your opinions on outsourcing the website building to someone on Fivver? I checked reviews and a lot of them appear to do excellent work. I have a clear vision I'd be able to dictate well over voice or video chat. It seems many have expensive themes they will use to create the page. In some cases what it costs to buy a theme is nearly what many of them are charging. $300-$500.

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You don't need Fiverr for this... Just hire someone from the marketplace here.. There are plenty of Shopify offers there, perhaps even cheaper than on Fiverr.